McClatchy puts Republican tactics in pictures:

Read the article, and read Kevin Drum’s post, where I found this:

It’s also worth noting why Republicans are filibustering everything in sight. It’s not because it’s the only way they have of blocking legislation they dislike. After all, a Republican is president. The real reason is a desperate desire to kill popular legislation quietly (the press doesn’t spend much time reporting on routine filibusters) rather than force President Bush to kill popular legislation in full public view (the press does report on presidential vetoes). The problem is that the public tends to be on the side of Democrats when domestic issues actually get some attention, so Republicans benefit by keeping their disagreements as low key as possible. The last thing they need is a bunch of high-profile vetoes that would make it crystal clear exactly what they’re fighting against.

In fact, the only way Democrats could get the press to report the obstruction tactics was to hold that all night session. This has been going on for months and that session was the first thing that prompted stories like this. It’s worse than you realize, because this stuff WILL be campaign rhetoric come next November. A typical example comes from my home state, where Republicans used a threat of filibuster to kill a bill by freshman Rep. Joe Courtney because it might’ve helped his re-election chances come 2008.

This is dysfunctional government and it’s the result of Republicans more interested in keeping their jobs and making money than the health of the nation and good policy. They have to be punished for this, and the only way to do that is to put a few more Dem senators in Congress.

I think a small version of this image will become a permanent addition to FM.